March 8, 2010 - A new pocket guide co-published by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the International Code Council® (ICC) provides critical answers to the most frequently asked residential construction jobsite code questions.
Available through both BuilderBooks, NAHB’s publishing arm and the ICC store, the 2009 Home Builders’ Jobsite Codes: A Quick Guide to the 2009 International Residential Code, is a portable guide for home builders, contractors, inspectors, architects, engineers and other construction professionals. The convenient field guide is a quick reference to the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC), and provides easy-to-read code requirements for every aspect of residential construction.
“This new pocket guide is a convenient resource for building professionals to refer to on the job site for any code requirement questions, said NAHB Chairman Bob Jones, a home builder from Bloomfield Hills, Mich. “With its illustrations, tables and figures to help the reader understand specific code requirements, as well as a glossary of construction-related terms, this book really puts information at the readers’ fingertips.”
The user-friendly guide helps building professionals better understand elements of the 2009 IRC including:
Provisions addressing all aspects of conventional construction of dwellings and their accessory buildings.
Safety requirements such as egress, emergency escape, fall protection, safe design criteria, fire protection and safe and healthy living environments.
Code provisions for foundations, floors, walls, roofs, chimneys and fireplaces, mechanical, fuel gas, plumbing and electrical systems.
Author Stephen A. Van Note, a senior technical staff of the ICC Product Development Group, is a certified building official and plans examiner, with 15 years of experience in code administration and enforcement, and more than 20 years of experience in the construction field, including project planning and management for residential, commercial and industrial buildings.
2009 Home Builders’ Jobsite Codes is meant to be of practical use on the jobsite, not as a substitute for the complete codes.
To purchase the new 2009 Home Builders’ Jobsite Codes: A Quick Guide to the 2009 International Residential Code, please visit www.BuilderBooks.com or call 1-800-223-2665. (ISBN 978-0-86718-656-7; Retail $28.95/NAHB Member $26.95). The Guide is also available from ICC at www.iccsafe.org or call by calling 1-800-786-4452.
[Editor’s Note: Editors who are interested in receiving a complimentary copy of Home Builders’ Jobsite Codes to review for their publications should contact Patricia Potts at 202-266-8224 or ppotts@nahb.org.]
